Permanent ceasefire takes effect in Colombia after half a century

Commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, Rodrigo Londono, better known as Timochenko or Timoleon Jimenez talks to the press, accompanied by Ivan Marquez, right, chief negotiator of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and Pablo Catatumbo, left, chief of the FARC's western bloc, in Havana, Cuba. Picture by Ramon Espinosa, Associated Press

People celebrate as they listen to the announcement from Havana, Cuba, that delegates of Colombia's government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reached a peace accord to end their half-century civil war, in Bogota, Colombia. Picture by Fernando Vergara, Associated Press

A PERMANENT ceasefire has taken effect in Colombia, a major step in bringing an end to 52 years of b[...]